How did Syria s revolution reach this its current boiling point? And what s next? This updated edition of My House in Damascusoffers an insider s view on these questions and the darker recesses of Syria s history, politics, and society.
Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details how the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author...